Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/20181 
Year of Publication: 
2003
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 945
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper investigates the effects of labor market integration, in the form of worker mobility, in a model with long-term labor contracts that lead to wage rigidities and unemployment. Reflecting the interdependence of regional labor markets, we develop a general-equilibrium framework where the contract structure is simultaneously determined in all regions. It is shown that increased mobility leads to more flexible labor market institutions in which firms can more easily vary the level of employment in response to fluctuations in demand. Economic integration is potentially Pareto-improving but, in the absence of a system of compensation, workers are harmed by greater labor mobility while the owners of firms benefit from higher profits.
Subjects: 
migration
unemployment
labor market integration
risk
JEL: 
J6
R0
J1
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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